Statutory Instruments
2023 No. 213
Public Service Pensions, England And Wales
Police, England And Wales
The Police Pensions (Contributions and Pensionable Earnings) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2023
Made
at 11.00 a.m. on 27th February 2023
Laid before Parliament
at 3.00 p.m. on 27th February 2023
Coming into force
1st April 2023
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1), (2)(g), 2, 3(1), (2) and (3)(b) of, and paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 and paragraph 9 of Schedule 3 to, the Public Service Pensions Act 2013( 1 ).
In accordance with section 21(1) of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013( 2 ) the Secretary of State has consulted representatives of such persons as appeared likely to be affected by these Regulations.
In accordance with section 22(2)(a) of that Act, before making regulation 3 the Secretary of State consulted representatives of such persons as appeared likely to be affected by that regulation, with a view to reaching agreement.
In accordance with section 22(2)(b) of that Act, the Secretary of State has laid a report before Parliament.
In accordance with section 3(5) of that Act, these Regulations are made with the consent of the Treasury.
Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Police Pensions (Contributions and Pensionable Earnings) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2023, and come into force on 1st April 2023.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.
(3) In these Regulations, “ the 2015 Regulations ” means the Police Pensions Regulations 2015 ( 3 ).
Pensionable earnings
2. —(1) Regulation 33 (pensionable earnings) of the 2015 Regulations is amended as follows.
(2) For paragraph (2), substitute—
“ (2) A member’s pensionable earnings for any period means pay to which the member is entitled in that period, account being taken of any retrospective increase in that pay. ” .
(3) In paragraph (3), omit “rate of” at both places it occurs.
(4) In paragraph (4), omit “rate of” at both places it occurs.
(5) This regulation has effect from 1st April 2015.
Member contributions
3. —(1) Regulation 170 (rate of member contributions) of the 2015 Regulations is amended as follows.
(2) In the heading to the table( 4 )—
(a) for the words “falling in period beginning” substitute “starting on or after” ;
(b) omit the words “and ending 31st March 2023”.
Chris Philp
Minister of State
Home Office
At 11.00 a.m. on 27th February 2023
We consent to these Regulations
Scott Mann
Steve Double
Two of the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury
23rd February 2023
2013 c. 25 . Section 3 was amended by section 94 of the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7) .
Section 21 was amended by section 94(8) of the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022.
The table heading was amended by S.I. 2019/378 and 2020/188 .